Gage for crosscut-saws.



J. MORlN.

GAGE FOR CROSSCUT SAWS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19. 1914.

1 175,546, Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

INVENTOR- Joseph Morin WITNESSES.-

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I To all whom it may concern:

. JOSEPHMORINI, or sEamrLn, wasmneron.

I GAGE FOR onossoUcr-saws.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedMar. 1a, was.

Application filed N ovember lag 1914. Serial No. 872,915.

Be it known that I, J osnrr-I Momma citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of'King and State of lVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gagesfor Crosscut- Saws, of which the following is a specification.

Thisinvention relates to improvements in gages for determining the height of the raker teeth in cross-cut saws.

The object of the invention is the'provision of simpleand economically constructed devices for gaging the ,heightof raker teeth whereby the raker teeth and the extremity of the gage which is adjusted to the height of raker tooth desired, are both exposed to view by the operator and the operations effooted by the gage device are greatly facilitated. I

The invention consistsin the novel construction, adaptation and combination of devices comprising a raker gage, with the foregoing object in view, as will be fully de scribed in the following specification,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and finally set forth in the appended claims.

In said drawings, Figure 1- is a view in side elevation of an embodiment of my invention shown as applied to a saw indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a view in cross section on lines 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring to said views, the reference numeral 1 indicates a metal frame having at one edge a flange 2 extending laterally at right angles to said frame on which is secured an apertured plate 3 through which the raker teeth are protruded and filed to a uniform length. The frame is further provided with bearing surfaces 4 and 4 upon the side opposedto that from which the flange 2 projects. At the opposite edge of said frame from that to which the flange 2 is provided, a bearing plate5 is secured along one of its longitudinal edges, as by screws 6, the opposite edge 7 extending beyond the frame on the side opposite to that from which the flange 2 projects.

The bearing plate 5 is provided with a recess 8 extending inwardly from its outer edge 7 and positioned approximately midway between its opposite ends. A metal strap 10 is secured at its opposite ends, as

by screws 6 in superposed relation upon the plate 5 and arranged symmetrically upon opposite sides of the transverse axis of the frame. Said strap is arched intermediate its ends to elevate its middle portion considerably above the level of the plate 5, and is provided intermediate its ends with a forwardly projecting lug 11 adapted to extend over and centrally of the recess 8.

Said lug is provided with a screw-threaded aperture for the accommodation of a gagescrew 12 having a set-screw 13 thereon to adjust the height of the anvil end 15 of said screw, as will be readily understood.

The gage is positioned upon the saw with the bearing plate 5 resting upon the sawteeth, and the side of the saw in close en-1 gagement to the bearing surfaces 4 and 4: whereupon the gagescrew 12 Wlll be 111 vertical alinement with the raker teeth. The

gage is positioned upon the opposite side from that upon which the operator stands,

and by reason of the bearing plate 5 being recessed, as at 8, from the side toward which the operator works, and by reason of the provision of the arched strap 10 and its con siderable elevation above the plane of the plate 5, a clear view may be had of the lower point of the gage-screw and of the.

teeth upon which the work is being performed. The operation of adjusting the height of the-raker teeth is thus more accurately and expeditiously performed with greater ease and convenience to the operator.

Having described my invention, what I claim, is

1. A gage for cross-cut saws, comprising frame, a bearing plate secured along one longitudinal edge and extending at right angles beyond the plane of said frame, said plate having a recess inwardly from the longitudinal edge remote from said frame,

a strap secured at its opposite ends to said frame and arched or elevated intermediate such ends above the level of said plate, said strap having a projecting lug extending over said recess, and a gage-screw operatively mounted on said lug.

2. A gage for cross-cut saws, comprising a frame, a continuous bearing platesecured along one longitudinal edge and extending at right angles beyond the plane of said frame, said plate having. a recess inwardly from the longitudinal edge remote from said frame, astmp secured at its opposite ends Signed at Seett1e,Wash.,thi's27th day of to said'freme and arched or elevated inter- 'October :1914. mediate such ends above the level of said plate, said strap extending over said recess JOSEPH MORIN' and provided with a screw-threaded ape-r- Witnesses: (sure, and a screw-gage mounted in said HORACE BARNES,

aperture. v E; PETERSON.

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